spokesmen

noun

plural of spokesman
as in spokespeople
a person who speaks for another or for a group a spokesman for the cattle industry

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Recent Examples of spokesmen Officials and spokesmen from around the state and various agencies couldn't be unavailable enough for comment. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 Mahomes and Gronkowski will serve as spokesmen and promote Friday Night 5G Lights on social media. — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Tiger and Rory ultimately became friends and fellow spokesmen for Nike. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Managers, as always, are the game’s primary spokesmen, meeting with the media before and after every game. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 The Daily News reached out to spokesmen for Mann. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026 Corporate spokesmen, print ads, TV spots. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026 His spokesmen declined to answer questions about which family members helped harvest the soybeans or his relationship with the Bradfords. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025 His cabinet included former members and spokesmen of Shiite armed groups. — Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spokesmen
  1. speakers
  2. promoters
  3. ambassadors
  4. prophets
  5. mouthpieces
  6. representatives
Noun
  • The speakers sounded fuzzy and indistinct during testing, even at relatively low volumes.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Several speakers who have worked with Guerra defended his advocacy for immigrant families.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of speakers
Noun
  • Both plans include 185-plus fights per year from the best promoters.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of promoters
Noun
  • The president leads the armed forces and can veto legislation, signs international treaties and appoints ambassadors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • While Washington has remained silent on the matter, the ambassadors of France and Spain in Haiti have both raised concerns about the modifications.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • Oracles, prophets and practices of divination offered guidance from inscrutable or enigmatic sources when ordinary human judgment reached its limits.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This overarching label encompassed Anabaptists, Baptists, Brownists, Levelers, Antinomians, Presbyterians, Ranters and many of the highly individual prophets and seers of 1640s Britain.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of prophets
Noun
  • So wake up with chin straps fastened and mouthpieces in place.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For Netanyahu’s mouthpieces in the media, news of the ceasefire deal appeared to represent a genuine crisis.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
Definition of mouthpieces
Noun
  • Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of representatives

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“Spokesmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spokesmen. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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